Dayosisi ya Kaisaria-Palestina ni ya kale – mojawapo ya maaskofu wa mwanzo kabisa wa Kikristo kuwahi kuanzishwa. Kumbukumbu za dayosisi (kwa Kigiriki: ‘utawala’)

The diocese of Caesarea-Palaestina is ancient – one of the earliest Christian bishoprics ever established. Records of the diocese (Greek: ‘administration’)

tarehe ya nyuma hadi karne ya pili, na askofu wake akawa mji mkuu wa jimbo (metropolitan see). Chini ya Wabyzantine, dayosisi hii ilikuwa mji mkuu wa Palaestina Prima.

date as far back as the 2nd century and its bishopric became a metropolitan see. Under the Byzantines the diocese was the metropolis of Palaestina Prima.

Hapo awali kanisa hili lilikuwa chini ya moja kwa moja ya Kanisa la Antiokia, mojawapo ya makanisa makuu matano ya Kikristo wakati wa kipindi cha mapema cha Byzantine. Baada ya kanisa la Yerusalemu la Palestina yote, lililoko Aelia Capitolina, kupewa uhuru wa kujiongoza na kujitegemea katikati ya karne ya 5 na Baraza la Chalcedon (tazama hapa chini), likiwa na mamlaka ya juu kabisa ya kikanisa juu ya 'Palestina Tatu', kwa karne nyingi Kanisa kuu la Kaisarea-Palaestina liliendelea kujiona kuwa 'kanisa mama' na 'la kwanza miongoni mwa sawa' miongoni mwa makanisa ya Palestina.

It was initially directly subject to the Church of Antioch, one of the five major Christian churches during the early Byzantine period. After the All Palestine ecclesia of Aelia Capitolina was granted by autocephaly and independence in the mid-5th century by the Council of Chalcedon (see below), with top ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the ‘Three Palestines’, for many centuries the metropolitan Church of Caesarea-Palaestina continued to see itself as a ‘mother church’ and as ‘first among equals’ of the churches of Palestine.

Askofu mashuhuri zaidi wa dayosisi hiyo alikuwa Eusebius wa Kaisarea, ambaye alikuwa miongoni mwa maaskofu maarufu zaidi walioshiriki Baraza la Kwanza la Nisea mwaka 325. Leo hii, jimbo kuu la kihistoria la Kaisarea-Palestina, au jimbo kuu la kiaskofu la Kaisarea katika Palestina, linahifadhiwa na Kanisa la Othodoksi la Palestina la kisasa. Jimbo Kuu la Kiaskofu la Kaisarea-Palestina pia linajulikana kama jimbo la kiaskofu la kitular la Kanisa Katoliki la Kilatini (Segreteria di Stato Vaticano 2013: 867; Riley-Smith 1978). Kitular (lisilo la dayosisi)

The most distinguished bishop of the diocese was Eusebius of Caesarea, who was among the most famous bishops to attend the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Today the historic metropolitan see of Caesarea-Palaestina, or the archiepiscopal see of Caesarea in Palaestina, is preserved by the modern Orthodox Palestinian Church. The Archiepiscopal See of Caesarea-Palaestina is also known as a Latin titular see of the Catholic Church (Segreteria di Stato Vaticano 2013: 867; Riley-Smith 1978). A titular (non-diocesan)

Metropolitan au Askofu Mkuu wa Kanisa Katoliki ni cheo kinachotumika kuashiria dayosisi ambayo haifanyi kazi tena, mara nyingi kwa sababu dayosisi hiyo ilistawi zamani lakini ardhi yake ilitekwa na Waislamu.17 Baadaye, Kanisa Katoliki liliona 'titular see' kuwa muhimu katika kuhifadhi kumbukumbu za kihistoria za makanisa ya kale ya kimetropolitani, kama lile la Kaisaria Maritima. Katika kipindi kati ya kuanzishwa kwa Askofu huyu wa cheo cha Kaisaria-Palestina mwaka 1432 na mwaka 1967, maaskofu wa Kikatoliki ishirini na wanane wameshika cheo hiki cha heshima. Kuanzia mwaka 1975 hadi 2012, Metropolitan wa Kanisa la Othodoksi la Mashariki wa Kaisaria alikuwa Basilios Blatsos, ambaye pia alikuwa Exarch wa Palaestina Prima, chini ya mamlaka ya Patriarchate ya Othodoksi ya Mashariki ya Yerusalemu (zamani Patriarchate ya Aelia Capitolina).

metropolitan or archbishop of the Catholic Church is a title used to signify a diocese that no longer functions, often because the diocese once flourished but the land was conquered by Muslims.17 In later days, ‘titular see’ was seen by the Catholic Church as important to preserve the historic memories of ancient metropolitan churches such as that of Caesarea Maritima. In the period between the creation of this titular Bishopry of Caesarea-Palaestina in 1432 and 1967 twenty-eight Catholic bishops have occupied this honorary position. From 1975 to 2012 the Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan of Caesarea was Basilios Blatsos, who was also an Exarch of Palaestina Prima, under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (formerly the Patriarchate of Aelia Capitolina).

Katika Mkoa wa Kirumi wa Palaestina, Yerusalemu ulibadilishwa jina na Mfalme Hadrian kuwa Aelia Capitolina. Chini ya Wabyzantini, jina Yerusalemu lilitoweka kwa kiasi kikubwa; rasmi, Aelia Capitolina likawa jina la kawaida la mji huo (Drijvers 2004: 2). Katika Baraza la Nicaea, Eusebius na Macarius, Askofu wa Aelia Capitolina, walifuatana na maaskofu wengine kumi na saba waliowakilisha miji yote mikuu ya Palestina (Palaestina Prima na Palaestina Secunda) (Wallace-Hadrill 1982: 165).18

In Roman Provincia Palaestina Jerusalem was renamed by Emperor Hadrian as Aelia Capitolina. Under the Byzantines the name Jerusalem became largely extinct; officially Aelia Capitolina became the common name for the city (Drijvers 2004: 2). At the Council of Nicaea Eusebius and Macarius, the Bishop of Aelia Capitolina, were accompanied by seventeen other bishops representing all the major cities of Palestine (Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Secunda) (Wallace-Hadrill 1982: 165).18

Katika mambo ya kanisa, wasomi wa miji ya Palestina walishirikiana na, na mara nyingi walitawala, maeneo ya mashambani yaliyowazunguka. Hata hivyo, matokeo yalikuwa kwamba baraza lilimpa Askofu wa Aelia Capitolina (Yerusalemu)

In ecclesiastical matters, the elites of urban spaces in Palestine interacted with, and often dominated, their surrounding countryside. In the event, however, the council gave the Bishop of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem)

nafasi ya kwanza miongoni mwa maaskofu wa Palestina, huku ibada za Kanisa la Kaisaria zikibaki zinatumika kwa Palestina yote kubwa.

the first place among the bishops of Palestine, while leaving the Rites of the Church of Caesarea applicable to the whole of greater Palestine.

Caesarea-Palaestina pia ilihifadhi nafasi yake kama mji mkuu wa kanisa la Aelia Capitolina, na ilikuwa chini ya moja kwa moja ya Kanisa la Antiokia.

Caesarea-Palaestina also retained its position as metropolis to the Church of Aelia Capitolina and was directly subject to the Church of Antioch.

Hali hii isiyo wazi iliyosababishwa na Nicaea ilitumiwa baadaye na Askofu wa Aelia Capitolina, Maximus, kuwawekea wakfu maaskofu kwa ajili ya Palestina na kukusanya baraza la maaskofu kwa nchi nzima. Bila shaka hali hii ilisababisha migogoro kati ya Kanisa la Aelia Capitolina na Kanisa la kale zaidi la Caesarea-Palaestina. Kanisa hilo la mwisho liliendelea kudai, kwa muda fulani, ukuu wa kikanisa juu ya Palestina (Du Pin and Wotton 2010: 107).

This ambiguous situation created by Nicaea was subsequently used by the Bishop of Aelia Capitolina, Maximus, to ordain bishops for Palestine and to assemble a council of bishops for the whole country. Inevitably this situation brought about conflicts between the Church of Aelia Capitolina and the older (ancient) Church of Caesarea-Palaestina. The latter persisted and continued to claim for a while ecclesiastical primacy over Palestine (Du Pin and Wotton 2010: 107).